Republican Convention, Bush Speech, Sep 2 2004

The Republican Convention convention to select their candidate for the
presidency concluded on September 2 2004, with a speech by George Bush. It
was the capstone on a successful and impressive convention for the party
faithful gathered in New York's Madison Square Garden. While it was on,
large numbers of protesters were in the streets expressing their
opposition to Bush policies. But the president was in good form.

Bush came to the podium at 10:10 pm local, and the speech lasted just
over an hour (02:10 to 03:12 GMT, July 30).
The data from this period show no substantial trend, in contrast to the
result
for Kerry's speech a month earlier.
This example indicates no departure
from expectation, in line with many political events we have examined in
the past.